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Address  of  the 
Conf  Pam  i2mo  #79 

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1ESIDENT     TO    THE 


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SOLDIERS    OP 


THE    CONFEDERATE    STATES. 


two  years  of  a  warfare  scarce-  ;  attention   to  their  affairs,  with   the  intention  of 
y  c-ftfffHUH  L»riiii^UJB^«r«ftgH^tt^oAnd  fearful  j  returning,  and  then   have  shrunk  from  the  con- 
i.  wrarfi nT  in  whic li*y o u r 
tide  have  illustrated  your  conn- 


sequences  of  their  violation  of  duty;  that  others 
again  have  left  their  posts  from  mere  I 
try  an  not  only  gratitudeat  home,  but  I  and  desire  of  change,  each  quieting  the  upbraid- 

persuading   himself 
that    his  individua  souW   have  no   in- 

fluence od  ;  I  -  esult. 

though  far  less  die 
ful  than  the  desire  t    avoid  danger  or  I 
from  the  sacrifices  required  by  patriotism)  are, 
nevertheless,  grievous  faults,  and  place  i1 
•  if  our    beloved    country    and    of  every th 
hold  dear  in  imminent  peril,     i  repeal  that  the 
men  who  now  owe  duty  to  the  country,   who 
led  out  and  have  not  yet  reported 
for  duty,  or  who  h  ed  themselves  from 

their  posts,  are  sufficient  in  [lumber  to  secure  u* 
now  impending. 
1  call  on  you,  then,  my  countryme 
to  your  camps,    in   obedience  to  the  diet 
bom  r  and  oi  duty,  and  I  summon  those  who  have 
1  themselves   without  leave,  or  who  have 
remained  absent  beyon^  the  period  allowed  by 
i  oughs,   to  repair  without  delay  to  their 
da,  and    1  do   hei 
that  l  grant  a  general  pardon  ami  amnesty  to  all 
tnd  men   within  the  Confederacy .    non 
e,    who  shall,    with  th< 
trn   to  their  proper   p 
ise   will  be  received  t 


admirati  ad — your   enemies    continue    a 

which   our  final  triumph   must  be 
ble.     Unduly  elated  with  their  recent  suc- 
they  imagine  that  temporary  reverses  can 
or  determation,  and 
they  are  now  gathering  heavy  masses  tor  a  gene- 
ral invasion,  in  the  vain  hope  that  by  a 

bed. 
ell,  my  countrymen,  what  they 
aims  at 
than    the   extermination    of  your* 
children.     They 
not  plunder.     They  pro- 
of victory    i  hat  your  homes 
i  il  toned  amon  _  I  •     whose 

have  sjampeil  infamy  on  their 
govern.  vile  re- 

ad   liglit    '. '  incendiarism 

whene.  a  reach  your  Homes,  and  they 

debauch   Uic   intern  >    race,  hitherto  docile  and 
contented,  bj  i  of  the  vilest 

treachery,     Conscious  of 
imate  warfare, 
il.1-  to  ms  •  tey  should  be 

the  men    who 
,H7jVf  rule  i:  n  to  confer 

nd  to  outrages  which    delay  beyond  twenty  days  after  the  first  publi- 
ij  or  to  listen  to  a  i  for 

■  ording  to  the  . 

rivili/-'' 

and  the  utter 
■■  families  and  your  coun- 
try,     i  is    within  your  reach,     Veu 
our  hands  to  grasp  it. — 
bat  those 
who  are-  called  to  the  field  by  every  motr 
can  naove  the  human  heart  should  promptly*  rc- 

and  by  their 

comrade  front  of  the  foe,  and  thus  so 

if  the  Confederacy  as  to 

'i»  men  now  absent  from  their 

posts  would,  if  present  in  the  field,  suffice  to 

■   !'.  i  ween  our  force  and 

ad    when,  with    any  ap- 

quality,    have  we  failed  to  be 

victorl 

I  believe  that  but    few  of  those  absent  are  act- 
uated by  unwillingness  to  serve  their  country; 
but  that  many  have  found    it  difficult  to    resist 
visit  to  their  homes  and  the 
"in  whom  they  have   been  so  long 
separated:  that  others  have  }^t\  for  temporary 


•roclamatiou  in  the  State  in  which 

bsenl i.n  date  of  the    pul 

tion.     This  amnesty  and  pardon  shall  extend  to 
all  who  have   been  accused,  or  who   ; 
eonvi  ■  ab- 

le without  leave,  or  desertion,  excepting  only 
who  have  been   twice  cod 
tion. 

Finally,    I   conjure   ray   countrywomen — the 
wives,  mot  h  I  the  Con- 

to  use  their  all-powerful  influen  < 
aid  of  this  call,  to  add  one  crowi 

which  their  patriotis  and 

itantly  offered  on   their  country's  iltar,  and 
ke  care    that  Done  who  owe    ■      ■ 
field  shall  be  sheltered  at  home  from  ti, 
ing  deserted  their  duty  to  theu 
to  their  country  and  to  their 

Given  under   my  hand,    and   the    seal    of  the 
I  derate  States,  at    Richmond,  bait 
of  August,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  sixty-three 

JEFJFER80N  D  \ 
By  the  President : 

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